An upstate New York man was arrested on multiple charges late last week after a 10-month-old baby ingested cocaine at his home. Lucas Smith, 24, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, assault, reckless endangerment and drug and firearms possession. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was called in when the baby was hospitalized …
The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons has issued an alert for a 22-year-old woman who may be in danger. Jessi Nicole Cunnius is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 160 pounds with blonde, shoulder-length hair and blue eyes, the center said. She was last seen in Benson and may be in …
The shooting deaths of two 16-year-old boys found with half a mile of each other on Interstate 5 in Seattle are connected, authorities say. Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson told KING investigators made the determination after speaking with the boys’ families. The state police were called shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday by a driver …
South Carolina deputies are investigating a report of an attempted kidnapping Saturday evening of an 11-year-old boy. A group of the boy’s friends told the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office they saw the boy “roughhousing” with an unknown suspect, WCSC reported. They reported that they thought the boy knew the suspect until he started running away, …
The daughter of a legendary North Myrtle Beach night club owner was allegedly shot and killed Saturday night by her husband, who was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mariellen Bessent Minor, 41, and her friend Kim Melissa Thrift, 52, were found dead in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Mauldin, …
A Washington state firefighter was arrested Friday and charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife in January. Kevin West, 49, reportedly called 911 early on the morning of January 8 and said that Marcelle “Marcy” West, 48, was having a seizure, The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said. “Within minutes, he advised …
A Missouri deputy sheriff left his gun loaded and unattended at a family gathering last week, and his 2-year-old nephew found it and shot himself. Ferguson Police spokesperson Pat Washington said the St. Louis deputy, who was not identified, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Washington said the child wasn’t taken to …
A 76-year-old Florida man is accused of gunning down his wife and staging the crime to look like a burglary. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the Tamarac home on March 15 just before midnight, WTVJ reported. Once on scene, they found Janice Herbert, 53, dead from a gunshot wound. Her …
Two children have been accused of stabbing a 59-year-old Houston woman Saturday afternoon, leaving her in critical condition after surgery. A 12-year-old boy has been charged with aggravated assault, KTRK reported, but the 7-year-old boy is too young to be charged under Texas law. The victim, a woman who suffers from mental health issues, was …
An 8-year-old girl was found dead in a Houston hotel pool Saturday night after being reported missing. According to KPRC, the girl was reported missing shortly before 10 p.m. at the DoubleTree in northwest Houston. The body was recovered after the pool was drained. A witness told the station the girl was trapped in a …
Preliminary autopsy results indicated a University of Missouri student found dead in Nashville after he was missing for two weeks died accidentally. Metro Nashville Police confirmed to WKRN on Saturday that the early results on Riley Strain’s autopsy indicated no foul-play related trauma and that the death was “accidental.” Strain, 22, was in Nashville with …
Dramatic video captured the moment when a New York mother rushed to rescue her teenage daughter from a stalker who had slipped into their apartment building, the New York Post reports. The doorbell camera footage shows a masked 25-year-old George Vassiliou attacking the victim as she returns to her family’s fourth-floor Queens apartment on the …
